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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "Aser Paul" <aser_paul@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: aser_paul2005@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:03:51 +0200
Subject: Crying for help
No 13 VS2
Cethswayo Estate
Generation-South Africa.
{URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL}
(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 26,000.000.00 USD}
{ TWENTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS)
Dear sir,
I am Mr.Paul Nkuna, the Auditor General of a bank in
South Africa, during the course of our auditing I
discovered a floating fund in an account opened in
the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on
this account again, after going through some old files
in the records I discovered that the owner of the
account died without a [heir] hence the money is
floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. the owner
of this account is Mr. Phillip Morris, a
foreigner, and a sailor, and he died, since 1993.
and no other person knows about this account or any
thing concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that Phillip Morris until his death was the manager
Morris Coy.(pty). SA.
We will start the first transfer with TEN
million [$10,000.000] upon successful transaction
without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount
to your account,
The amount involved is (USD 26M)
Twenty Six million United States Dollars, only I want
to first transfer $10,000.000 [TEN million
United States Dollar from this money into a safe
foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I don't
know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as
a foreigner because this money can not be approved to
a local person here, without valid international
foreign passport, but can only be approved to any
foreigner with valid international passport or drivers
license and foreign a/c because the money is in us
dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Phillip
Morris
is a foreigner too, [and the money can only
be approved into a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us
together I got your contact address from the Girl
who operates computer, I am revealing this to you
with believe in God that you will never let me down in
this business, you are the first and the only person
that I am contacting for this business, so please
reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step
to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and
fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and
to sign a binding agreement that will bind us
together before transferring the money to any account
of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before
we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and
investments.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.
because the management is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has correct information
of this account, which I will give to you, upon your
positive response and once I am convinced that you
are capable and will meet up with instruction of a
key bank official who is deeply involved with me in
this business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never,
never let me down.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately
I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive
this fund in your account. I will use my position and
influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward
transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries
and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email aser_paul2005@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Mr.Paul Nkuna
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